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(adj) colossal, stupendous
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple; has a colossal nerve; a prodigious storm; a stupendous field of grass; stupendous demand
(adj) exceeding, exceptional, surpassing, olympian
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
a night of exceeding darkness; an exceptional memory; olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy; the young Mozart's prodigious talents
(adj) portentous
of momentous or ominous significance
such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity- Herman Melville; a prodigious vision